Assumption School provides a solid academic education to students in an environment where Christian values are held in high esteem.  Our philosophy is to enrich each child in body, mind, and spirit.  This is accomplished in a multitude of ways throughout the school year.

A challenging educational curriculum allows each student to reach his/her maximum potential.  Differentiated instruction seeks to empower each student to obtain knowledge and develop the practical skills to apply it in daily life.  Our comprehensive approach to education truly nurtures the whole child.

Assumption School students in grades 4 through 8 take the Iowa Basic Skills Test each year.  Although standardized test scores are only one small factor in assessing the overall success of an academic program, Assumption students repeatedly score well above average on these tests.  The students graduating from Assumption School in 2007 had a 98% rate of getting into the high school of choice.  The majority of graduates entered St. Dominic, but some students also entered DeSmet, Incarnate Word, CBC, Barat Academy, and five different public schools as well.

Assumption school is accredited by the Missouri Nonpublic School Accrediting Association.  In addition to certified classroom teachers, there is a tremendous support team as well.  We have two learning consultants, five teacher aides, a librarian, two nurses, a counselor, a receptionist and a secretary.  In addition to regular classroom instruction we have five specialty teachers for Music, Art, Computers, Physical Education, and Spanish.   

Kindergarten through Grade 5

In Grades K - 5, children are in self-contained classrooms (remain with the same teacher).  However, they do participate in the specialty classes outside of their classroom.  In grades 4 and 5, the students change teachers for a couple of subjects in addition to the specialty classes. 

For a list of topics taught to children in Kindergarten, click here.
 

Grades 6 through 8

The Departmental System, employed in grades 6 – 8, enables students to receive quality instruction from teachers who have specialized training in certain curriculum areas.  In practice, it means that a child, although assigned to specific homeroom, will be taught by several teachers in the course of a school day.

The priests, faculty, staff, parents, school board and students of Assumption School hold the following beliefs: 

• Children, as creations of Almighty God, are to be respected, loved and cared for.

• Children in our school have been entrusted to the faculty by their parents as their most precious gifts, which are highly cherish by every staff member of Assumption School.

• It is the task of our Catholic school, as a vital part of the entire Christian community, to aid parents, the prime teachers, in the Christian education of their children.  To the priests, faculty and parents of Assumption School, this means that our school must be a Christian Community. Every aspect of the school environment must reflect the spirit of real Christian concern for one another. All our educational programs initiated or perpetuated within our school must work toward developing the student’s eternal desire to live in God’s love.

• Assumption School has an earnest commitment to integrating all pastoral and religious education programs into a unified whole.  In our programs heavy emphasis must be placed on liturgical worship.  We are convinced that children need to be trained in the actual practice of Christian praise. 

• In justice to the students in our school, our academic program must be the best we are able to offer in order to help prepare the students well for their future lives.  This means that while we value a solid program of academia, we likewise consider the teaching of religion and religious values of paramount importance.

•  As parents and teachers entrusted with such a challenging task as Christian education, we must be prepared, through academic courses, private study and active involvement, to participate to the best of our ability in the Assumption program of child development.

• The students, in a spirit of Christian charity and justice, are encouraged to assume personal responsibility in their education.

• The student is provided with various opportunities to support and serve their local and larger community unconditionally.

•  We feel it is important that all members of our school community – priests, parents, school board, faculty, and students (as far as they are able) – review, affirm and revise, if necessary, our mission statement and philosophy on a regular basis.

• We also believe that all new members of the school community should be oriented to the purpose of our school by a study of both our mission statement and school philosophy and the various policies and practices of the school.

Faith is nurtured in many ways at Assumption School.  First, it begins with prayer.  There is an all-school prayer service every Monday.  Lower grades attend Mass on Tuesdays and the upper grades attend Mass on Wednesdays.  Each Friday the entire school attends Mass.  There are scheduled opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  Retreats and other special events add to the faith development of our students.  Of course, all of this is in addition to receiving solid Catholic instruction and guidance each and every day in the classroom.

The faculty and staff at Assumption School work diligently to support and affirm parents in their role as primary teachers of their children in the faith.  An environment of joy and Christ-like love is fostered in the school.  This enables students to do more than just learn about God.  They come to truly know God and experience His love through all of the people who care for them.